Campus buzz
Saturday
David Wade, guitar (senior recital),
1 p.m., Beall Hall, free.
Greg Goebel, piano (senior recital),
3 p.m., 178 Music, free.
Jasmine Hedrick, flute (doctoral recital),
4:30 p.m., Beall Hall, free.
Greg Guenther, baritone (senior recital),
6:30 p.m., Beall Hall, free.
"Swing Into Summer" (Eugene Swing
Dance Club's quarterly dance), 8 p.m.
midnight, Agate Hall, $6 members, $8
non-members, 687-9464.
Sunday
University Percussion Ensemble, 2 p.m.,
198 Music, $5, $3.
University Gospel Ensemble and Gospel
Choir, 6 p.m., McDonald Theatre, $8, $5.
Ballroom dance (sponsored by United
States Amateur Ballroom Dancers
Association), lesson at 6 p.m., dance
from 7-10 p.m., Vet's Club, 1626
Willamette St., $4 members, $6
non-members.
Squirrel
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discovered that they like Tootsie
Rolls and enjoy munching on
them. In fact, I have come to dis
cover that they like pretty much
the same diet as the students.”
University Exterior Team and
Grounds Grew supervisor Tim King
said that although many squirrels
on campus are approachable, he
cautions people about being too
friendly with the wild animals.
“I’ve gone up to people who feed
them out of their hand and really
tried to discourage them from doing
that,” King said.
He said he tells people not to
feed the squirrels because human
food often attracts other rodents,
such as mice and rats. This has
been a problem for people feeding
the animals from their office win
dows — before they know it, more
rodents have invaded.
“We think they were coming in
through the chimney and making a
mess in somebody’s office,” he said.
“But usually squirrels will stay out
of the buildings — they want to be
in trees.”
King said squirrels like to nest in
hollow cavities, so the University
has let several dead trees remain on
campus because they serve as habi
tat for both squirrels and birds.
John Anthony, who has been the
campus arborist for 15 years,
pointed to a specific dilemma
caused by a high squirrel popula
tion on campus.
“Squirrels are definitely a prob
lem for the trees,” Anthony said.
“They chew on the bark — for rea
sons that aren’t exactly clear.” He
said there are numerous trees on
campus that have been stripped in
places and have pieces of bark scat
tered at their base.
Anthony said there could be sev
eral explanations for this destruc
tive behavior. The bark may offer
nutrition that is otherwise lacking in
the squirrels’ diet, or they simply
may be gnawing, as rodents do to
wear their teeth down.
However, he did say he’s seen
squirrels doing some good for the
trees, such as munching scales,
which are small parasitic insects
that feed off the limbs of trees.
The plentiful food sources on
campus, including trees, may ac
count for some of the squirrels. But
Anthony said the relative safety of
the environment is the No. 1 reason
for the high squirrel population.
Anthony said that although there
are few natural predators on cam
pus, he once saw a lone red tail
hawk chase a squirrel into the bush
es near the EMU. He also said there’s
little that can be done to stop the
animals from destroying the trees,
short of introducing more natural
squirrel enemies on campus.
“No one’s going to go around hurt
ing the squirrels, and I love the little
guys,” he said. “Who knows? Maybe
they just hate arborists.”
Contact the managing editor at
jessicarichelderfer@dailyemerald.com.
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